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Sadly solar power isn't dense enough currently to provide really meaningful charging to EVs when constrained to the surface of the car itself.
by rtkwe 5y ago
Sadly solar power isn't dense enough currently to provide really meaningful charging to EVs when constrained to the surface of the car itself.
- matheusmoreira 5y agoYeah. Maybe one day though...
- rtkwe 5y agoEven if you were able to collect 100% of the insolation hitting the car it's still a fraction of the power in a battery pack. Unfortunately the car won't be at the optimal angle and in full sun most of the time either so it'll still be at best 10 or so miles a day probably and even that requires way better cells than we have now. There's not really a way around the need to charge from a larger power source, at best there's the option to charge from your home solar. https://www.solar-electric.com/learning-center/solar-insolation-maps.html/#Map1 https://www.solar-electric.com/learning-center/solar-insolat...